HC Deb 19 January 1994 vol 235 c604W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a full list of all statements made by Ministers in his Department, and/or press notices issued by his Department, which referred to a possible completion date for the crossrail project, the dates on which each such statement was made and the possible completion date which was mentioned.

Mr. Norris

The then Secretary of State wrote to the chairmen of British Rail and London Transport on 9 October 1990 about crossrail and the Chelsea-Hackney line. The associated press notice said that crossrail was expected to open in 1999.